Clasp.



No. 731,103. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903.

H. c. FRANKi CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR, 21, 1003.

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UNITED 4 STATES PATENT D FICE.

HENRY O. FRANK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,103, dated June 16, 1903.

Application filed March 21,1903- Serial No. 148,838. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may-concern; 7. ing drawings I have shown the toothed, por- Beit known that I, HENRY O. FRANK, acititions of both of the jaws as being fitted to zen of the United States, and aresident of the overlap the plain portions of the jaws when 50 borough of Manhattan, in the city and State the clasp is closed by bending the plain por-' of New York, have invented a new and usetions 14 and 16 of the jaws inwardly and the fnl Improvement in Clasps, of which the foltoothed portions 13 and of the jaws outlowing is a specification. wardly.

My invention relates to an improvement in Aclasp constructed as herein set forth may clasps, and has for its principal object to probe engaged with thin goods without tearing 1o vide a clasp which will hold a garment withthem. Thisis particularly so where the clasp out slipping and yet at the same time reduce is usedin connection with a cuff-holder where the liability of tearing the garment to a miniit is caused to grasp a shirt-sleeve, so that mum. the strain upon the jaws comes in a lateral A further object is to provide a clasp comdirection rather than longitudinally of the r 5 prising two members having their jaws each clasp.

provided with a toothed portion and a plain I am aware that clasps have been made in portion, the toothed portions being fittedto which the jaws were made plain; but these lap past the plain portions when the clasp is clasps are objectionable, for the reason that closed. 7 they will not hold the garment firmly, espe- 20 A practical embodiment of my invention is cially when used in connection with thin marepresented in the accompanying drawings, terial- Furthermore, the objection to clasps in which provided entirely with toothed jaws lies in Figure 1 represents my improved clasp in the fact that when used in connection with end elevation forming part of a cuff-holder. thin goods, especially, the thin goods are very 25 Fig. 2 is a top plan view of' the same. Fig. 3 easily torn between the overlapping or even is a side view of the clasp in its closed posiintersecting toothed edges of the jaws. It is tion. Fig. 4: is a view similar to Fig. 1, showthese objectionable features which I have ing the clasp open; and Fig. 5 is a side view overcome in the construction of clasp herein of the clasp in its open position. described, in which the plain portion of one 0 The cuff-holder in connection with which jaw laps past the toothed portion of the other my improved clasp is shown comprises a shank jaw.

1 and a suitable hook 2 for engaging the cuffs. What I claim is The clasp comprises two members 3 and 4, A clasp comprising two members having hinged together by means of a pin or pintle5 jaws, each jaw being provided with a toothed 35 passing through side lugs or cars 6 and 7 of portion and a plainportion, the toothed porthe members 3 and 4:. A spring 8, coiled tions being bent outwardly and the plain around the pintle 5, has its ends 9 and 10 en- -portions being bent inwardly whereby the gaged with the members 3 and 4, tending to toothed portions are'fitted to overlapth'e plain hold their jaws Hand 12 together. portions when the clasp is closed.

40 The jaw 11 of the member 3 of the clasp is I In testimony'that- I claim the foregoing as provided with a toothed portion 13 and a plain my invention I have signed my name, in pres- I portion 14. The jaw12 of the member 4. of ence of two witnesses, this 19th day of March, the clasp is also provided with a toothed por- 1903.

tion 15 and a plain portion 16. The toothed HENRY O. FRANK. 45 and plain portions of one jaw are fitted to lap Witnesses:

past the plain and toothed portions, respec- FREDK. HAYNES,

tively, of the other jaw. In the accompany- HENRY THIEME. 

